By
______________________________
Name of Acquiring Person (Applicant)
Filed with the insurance department of ______________________
(state of domicile of insurer being acquired)
Date: ,
Name, title, address and telephone number of individual to whom notices and correspondence concerning this statement should be addressed:
ITEM 1. INSURER AND METHOD OF ACQUISITION
State the name and address of the domestic insurer to which this application relates and briefly describe how control is to be acquired.
ITEM 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND OF THE APPLICANT
(a) State the name and address of the applicant seeking to acquire control over the insurer.
(b) If the applicant is not an individual, state the nature of its business operations for the past 5 years or for such lesser period as such person and any predecessors thereof shall have been in existence. Briefly describe the business intended to be done by the applicant and the applicant’s subsidiaries.
(c) Furnish a chart or listing clearly presenting the identities of the interrelationships among the applicant and all affiliates of the applicant. Indicate in such chart or listing the percentage of voting securities of each such person which is owned or controlled by the applicant or by any other such person. If control of any person is maintained other than by the ownership or control of voting securities, indicate the basis of such control. As to each person specified in such chart or listing, indicate the type of organization (e.g., corporation, trust, partnership) and the state of domicile. If court proceedings involving a reorganization or liquidation are pending with respect to any such person, indicate which person, and set forth the title of the court, nature of proceedings and the date when commenced.
ITEM 3. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND OF INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPLICANT
On the biographical affidavit, include a third party background check and state the following with respect to (1) the applicant if the applicant is an individual or (2) all persons who are directors, executive officers or owners of 10% or more of the voting securities of the applicant if the applicant is not an individual.
(a) Name and business address;
(b) Present principal business activity, occupation or employment including position and office held and the name, principal business and address of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is carried on;
(c) Material occupations, positions, offices or employment during the last 5 years, giving the starting and ending dates of each and the name, principal business and address of any business corporation or other organization in which each such occupation, position, office or employment was carried on; if any such occupation, position, office or employment required licensing by or registration with any federal, state or municipal governmental agency, indicate such fact, the current status of such licensing or registration, and an explanation of any surrender, revocation, suspension or disciplinary proceedings in connection with the license or registration whether pending or concluded.
(d) Whether or not such person has ever been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations not involving death or injury) during the last 10 years and, if so, give the date, nature of conviction, name and location of court, and penalty imposed or other disposition of the case.
ITEM 4. NATURE, SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF CONSIDERATION
(a) Describe the nature, source and amount of funds or other considerations used, or to be used, in effecting the merger or other acquisition of control. If any part of the same is represented or is to be represented by funds or other consideration borrowed or otherwise obtained for the purpose of acquiring, holding or trading securities, furnish a description of the transaction, the names of the parties thereto, the relationship, if any, between the borrower and the lender, the amounts borrowed or to be borrowed, and copies of all agreements, promissory notes and security arrangements relating thereto.
(b) Explain the criteria used in determining the nature and amount of such consideration.
ITEM 5. APPLICANT’S FUTURE PLANS FOR THE INSURER
Describe any plans or proposals which the applicant may have to declare an extraordinary dividend, to liquidate the insurer, to sell the insurer’s assets to or merge it with any person or persons or to make any other material change in its business operations or corporate structure or management.
ITEM 6. VOTING SECURITIES TO BE ACQUIRED
State the number of shares of the insurer’s voting securities which the applicant, its affiliates and any person listed in Item 3 plan to acquire; and the terms of the offer, request, invitation, agreement or acquisition; and a statement as to the method by which the fairness of the proposal was arrived at.
ITEM 7. OWNERSHIP OF VOTING SECURITIES
State the amount of each class of any voting security of the insurer which is beneficially owned or concerning which there is a right to acquire beneficial ownership by the applicant, its affiliates or any person listed in Item 3.
ITEM 8. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, OR UNDERSTANDINGS WITH RESPECT TO VOTING SECURITIES OF THE INSURER
Give a full description of any contracts, arrangements or understandings with respect to any voting security of the insurer in which the applicant, its affiliates or any person listed in Item 3 is involved, including but not limited to transfer of any of the securities, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of loans, guarantees against loss or guarantees of profits, division of losses or profits, or the giving or withholding of proxies. Such description shall identify the persons with whom the contracts, arrangements or understandings have been entered into.
ITEM 9. RECENT PURCHASES OF VOTING SECURITIES
Describe any purchases of any voting securities of the insurer by the applicant, its affiliates or any person listed in Item 3 during the 12 calendar months preceding the filing of this statement. Include in the description the dates of purchase, the names of the purchasers, and the consideration paid or agreed to be paid therefor. State whether any shares so purchased are hypothecated.
ITEM 10. RECENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO PURCHASE